GRE Word List
PROPONENT
one who argues in favor of something : advocate
The meaning of the word proponent is one who argues in favor of something : advocate.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| disdain | a feeling of contempt for someone or something regarded as unworthy or inferior : scorn |
| haven | harbor |
| forthright | free from ambiguity or evasiveness : going straight to the point |
| straggle | to wander from the direct course or way : rove |
| prompt | to move to action : incite |
| bungle | to act or work clumsily and awkwardly |
| suffuse | to spread over or through in the manner of fluid or light : flush |
| usurp | to seize and hold (office, place, functions, powers, etc.) in possession by force or without right |
| brevity | shortness of duration |
| maelstrom | a powerful often violent whirlpool sucking in objects within a given radius |